Program

 

Please find below the programme of last year's edition of Textile Roofs. The experts were invited specifically because of their expertise. 

Sunday, May 25th 2025

Morning

Welcome

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rosemarie Wagner   &  Dr.-Ing. Bernd Stary

KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany    &    academus GmbH, Berlin, Germany

 

Introducing the Venue - The basic concept and the role of the Aedes - Architectural Forum

M.A. Dunya Bouchi

Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Germany

 

Textile Roofs: Building System or Architecture?

Prof. Josep I. Llorens

University of Catalonia, Spain

 

Tensile Structures and Energy Benefit?

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rosemarie Wagner

KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany

 

Computational Modeling of Lightweight Tensile Structures

Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Holl

technet GmbH, Germany

 

Introduction to the "Practical Workshop"

Stev Bringmann  &  Janek Jeschke

3dtex GmbH   &  Stoffdach GmbH   (both) Berlin, Germany 

 

Afternoon

Workshops

  • Participant Project #01/03
  • Physical Modelling
  • Computational Modelling
  • Tensile Tests

Visit at the Museum for Architectural Drawing (optional & on request)

Evening

Evening Guest Lecture:  

Textile Potentials – Of Soft Constructions and Active Materials

Prof. Christiane Sauer

Weißensee School of Art and Design, Germany

Barbecue at the Venues Garden

Monday, May 26th 2025

Morning

Designing for the Future: Embracing Lightweight Materials in Versatile Architectural Solutions

Antonio Diaferia

Maffeis Engineering SpA, Italy

 

Modern Solutions for Traditional Requirements: Antalya Fruit Wholesale Market

Bahadir Senol

snl tensi, Turkey

 

High Frequency Welding Solutions

Björn Bojara

FIAB HF, Poland

 

Self-Cooling Textiles – Energy Free Method Using Radiative Cooling Techonolgy

PD Dr.-Ing. Thomas Stegmaier

Deutsches Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung Denkendorf, Germany

 

Self-Cooling Beyond the Surface: The Art and Science of Architectural Facade Mesh

Maxime Durka

Sioen, Belgium

 

Self-CoolingTransparent and Translucent Roofs in Open Spaces

Bernd Stimpfle

form TL, Germany

 

Afternoon

Workshops

  • Participant Project #02/03
  • Physical Modelling
  • Computational Modelling
  • Tensile Tests

Tourboat Trip with the "Kaiser Friedrich"

Tuesday, May 27th 2025

Morning

DWA Conform Static Dimensioning of Gas Storages: Comparison with valid DIN EN standards

Oliver Lippert

Ryklin Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany

 

Textile Netting Constructions: From Granulate to the Application

Achim Wichtler

Manfred Huck GmbH , Germany

  

Structures, Then and Now

Prof. Ruy Marcelo Pauletti

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

Textile Challenges – Doing our Business in Rumbling Environments

Dipl.-Ing. Arch. Katja Bernert

MehlerHeytex, Germany

 

Give a Little Love to Your Structure

Aoife Brennon

Fabric Architecture,  Leamington Spa, UK

 

Lightweight Footprint: Membrane Design

DI Dr. techn. Robert Roithmayr

formfinder GmbH, Austria

 

Beyond Specialisation: The Expert’s Role in Advancing Lightweight Tensile Fabric Structures

Raju Mahadevan

Techno Specialist Consulting Engineers, UAE & India

 

Integration of Computational and CAD Software in Membrane Structure Projects – A Case Study of the Ujsoły Amphitheatre

Lukasz Dlucik

abastran sp. z o.o., Poland

 

A Photogrammetry-Based Method for Surface Stress and Strain Measurement

Xuetao Zhao

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R China & KIT, Germany

 

Afternoon

Workshops

  • Participant Project #03/03
  • Physical Modelling
  • Computational Modelling
  • Tensile Tests

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